The first ten entries in the Smart Ways to Use LinkedIn Group Blogging Project are in! Plus more prizes!

• Scott Sehlhorst – LinkedIn as Resume 2.0
  Appropriate that this should be the #1 entry, as I think it’s probably the #1 way people are using LinkedIn.
• Barbara Rozgonyi – Top 10 Ways to Quickly Becoming a Recognized Subject Matter Expert on LinkedIn
  Great stuff – I even picked up a couple of new ideas here.
• F. John Reinke – Using LinkedIn to Create a Granfalloon
  Don’t know what a “granfalloon” is? Don’t worry – he explains.
• Nathan Gilliatt – Unpredictable Benefits of LinkedIn
  He starts it with one of my all-time favorite quotes from Louis Pasteur – “Chance favors the prepared mind.”
• Eric Mariacher – Grow Your Network While You Don’t Need It
  Or, as the old saying goes, “Dig your well before you’re thirsty.”
• CarlenLea – Brush Up Your Resume
  Here’s a cool idea – use LinkedIn to do research on your peers and competitors and get ideas for how you present yourself, as well as direction for your own professional development.
• Diane K. Danielson – Getting More Than Just Answers
  This is such a great story – Diane tells how a question posted to LinkedIn Answers actually led to a collaboration.
• Andrew Shaindlin – Pros and Cons of LinkedIn for Alumni Groups
  Andrew shares his first-hand experience of using LinkedIn to extend the reach of the Caltech Alumni Association.
• Eric Eggertson – Borrowing the Expertise of Others
  Eric explains one of the major benefits of LinkedIn – being able to keep in touch with people without having to constantly update your address book.
• Brendon Connelly – LinkedIn a Box
  Brendon reviews this cool little tool which gives an interactive view of your LinkedIn information – perfect for your blog, MySpace profile, etc.

All of the above will receive signed copies of Liz Ryan’s Happy About Online Networking and Andy Sernovitz’s Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking, as well as be eligible for some of the other great prizes.

Speaking of prizes, there are a few prizes that either a) mysteriously didn’t make it from my inbox to the project announcement, or b) I didn’t receive the response quite in time to include it:

• A lifetime JibberJobber membership ($495) courtesy of Jason Alba
• 1 year of web hosting, 100 Meg with WordPress installed, plus domain registration ($289), from ACS Web Services, courtesy of Kathie Thomas.
• A copy of Shally Steckerl’s Advanced Everything Bundle ($65.97) – This includes the Advanced LinkedIn Cheatsheet, Advanced LinkedIn Networking, Advanced Google Cheatsheet and Advanced Windows Live Cheatsheet. He’s also going to through in the pre-release of his new Blog Search Cheatsheet.
• A signed copy of Wes Zimmerman’s The Perception of a Difference ($29.95), courtesy of Bill Austin
• A signed copy of Tim Ferriss’s The 4-Hour Workweek ($19.95) – Check out my interview with Tim Ferriss over at About.com.
• A signed copy of Denise Berry’s Small Business Cash Flow ($19.95)

Lots of cool stuff up for grabs. You’ve just got today and tomorrow to get your posts in, so hurry up!

Author: Scott Allen  (299 Posts)

Scott Allen is a social media pioneer, helping people turn virtual relationships into real business since 2002. He is coauthor of The Virtual Handshake and The Emergence of The Relationship Economy and contributor to over a dozen books on social media, business and personal development.